Audacity Forum

... you upgrade. The current version for all Macs is Audacity 1.3.12 from here... http://audacityteam.org/download/ If you use lame to get MP3 or FFMpeg to get other formats, make sure and get both of them from the same place. they're not all the same and you can't use the older versions. As a ...

Hello I've been trying to import/open/etc a Windows Media Audio/Video file and all that happens is a high pitched noise. I have downloaded the FFMpeg and the Lame software and nothing seems to work. I even downloaded Microsoft Expression software to make sure the file was in the right format ...

While the lame and FFMpeg software resides on the /Application folder, the configuration files are tied to the user. /Users/koz/Library/Application Support/audacity/audacity.cfg. You might be able to make use of a "portable" ...

... 1.2.6 only supports a few file types, MP4 and WMA are not supported. Audacity 1.3.12 supports a much greater range of files if you also install FFmpeg. http://audacityteam.org/download/ http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#installffmpeg If that does not ...

... WMA file and do almost anything to it, it's going to get bigger, or if you leave it the same size, it may get damaged and sound funny. You loaded FFMpeg into Audacity, right? See if it will let you export a new WMA file and tune the compression so the sizes come out right. I'm trying this myself.

... the changes without changing the file extension. You will lose any custom keyboard shortcuts you may have set, and you will have to locate the FFmpeg library again. If you don't want to lose those custom settings, delete the lines from theaudacity.cfg file that look like this: [Window] X=400 ...

I believe this is documented in the following ffmpeg (i.e. libavcodec) bug: https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/issue163 Tim. Thanks for the info Tim. It's actually classed as a "wish" rather than a bug, which clarifies the point that DSS is not ...

I believe this is documented in the following ffmpeg (i.e. libavcodec) bug:

https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/issue163

Tim.

Is there any specific reason why these fixes are not currently in the svn repository? FFmpeg import/export hasn't worked with svn versions for over a year now and does not even work with the current .6 stable release.

... to run into an oddity that is a result of Audacity 1.2 being a thousand years old and no longer patched, updated, or repaired. Get the lame and FFMpeg software from the same place. Koz